According to Xinhua News Agency, the international spot price of crude oil broke through US $100 per barrel on the 16th. The spot price of Brent crude oil in the UK market reached US $100.8 per barrel on the 16th, which is the first time since 2014, according to Platts Energy Information.

Bloomberg News Agency reported on the 17th that the spot Brent price is the most important crude oil price in the world. It is at the center of the complex crude oil derivatives network and is the price benchmark for the daily average trading of millions of barrels of crude oil. Affected by the spot Brent spot price exceeding US $100 per barrel, the international crude oil futures price once exceeded US $96 per barrel on the same day

At the same time, domestic refined oil also ushered in the third oil price increase this year. According to the National Development and Reform Commission, a new round of domestic refined oil price adjustment window was opened at 24:00 on February 17. The price of domestic gasoline and diesel increased by 210 yuan and 200 yuan per ton respectively. On the national average, 92 # gasoline, 95 # gasoline and 0 # diesel increased by 0.16 yuan, 0.17 yuan and 0.17 yuan per liter respectively. According to the estimation of the 50L capacity of the fuel tank of the general household car, it will cost 8 yuan more to fill a tank of No. 92 gasoline.

Since 2022, the oil price has been adjusted for three times, with a cumulative increase of 0.68 yuan per liter of No. 92 gasoline and 0.71 yuan per liter of No. 0 diesel compared with the end of last year. However, the oil price has also been increased once at 24:00 on December 31, last year. That time, No. 92 gasoline has increased by 0.79 yuan in this wave of rising market, and No. 0 diesel has increased by 0.83 yuan. Some car owners said: No wonder it cost 40 yuan more than the last refueling.